Defect formation caused by a transient decrease in the ambient oxygen concentration during growth of YBa2Cu3O7−δ films
- 26 November 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 57 (22), 2365-2367
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.104175
Abstract
Thin films of YBa2Cu3O7−δ have been grown in an oxygen atmosphere by pulsed laser deposition using two synchronized lasers, separated by a variable delay (1 μs–10 ms). The ablated fragments from the first laser lead to formation of a blast wave in O2, leaving behind a rarefied ambient. If the second laser is triggered before the O2 pressure returns to equilibrium, the resulting films show a decrease in transition temperature with an expanded c‐lattice parameter caused by defects in the nonchain sites of YBa2Cu3O7−δ. This demonstrates the necessity of maintaining a sufficiently high concentration of oxygen within the time period that the fragments travel and deposit on the substrate.Keywords
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